right now on nbc bay area, a serious warning from san francisco's mayor, after a wild scene at a popular beach last night. what people who live nearby are saying tonight. we continue to follow record-breaking heat across the bay area tonight. the triple-digit temperatures are putting strains on the power grid, as there still remains the possibility of rolling blackouts. a special edition of bay area news starts right now. >> a simply sweltering day, with some places crossing 110 degrees. let's step outside where it's a little cool in san francisco.

a live picture. you see it there. a gorgeous sunset, made possible through all of the smoke we're getting. >> a beautiful picture there. we begin our team coveragemayed. >> the microclimate disappeared. we had temperatures as hot as they were about three years ago, september 1st and 2nd of 2017, the last time regionally we saw temperatures this hot. including san francisco hitting 100 degrees. let's show you the temperatures compared to coverage, anywhere from 22 to 28 degrees hotter than the average temperature for this time of year. san jose, 105, concord, nap a 110. unfortunately, many of the same locations have a chance of seeing similar temperatures again tomorrow. we have the excessive heat warning until 9:00 on monday. bayside temperatures, mostly 80s and 90s. another thing to keep in mind, is a change in the wind.

this time tomorrow into tuesday, look how dry things get in the hills of the north bay heading towards tuesday. once the excessive heat warning starts to expire, the red flag warning gets under way. another challenge toward the middle part of the week. we'll tuck about the wind speeds and when cooler temperatures can make a comeback in our forecast ten minutes from now. back to you. in the trivalley, a brutal day. that didn't stop some people from waiting in line to shop. we have more from ginger, live in livermore. you can't keep a good shopper down. >> you cannot, terry. it's past 8:00. but according to the weather updates on my phone, it's 100 degrees here in livermore. and it very much feels like a hot, summer day. you can imagine how stifling it felt earlier in the day when the area clocked in record setting 111 degrees. that being said, these outlets

behind me, were packed with people and shoppers looking to get their labor day deals. shoppers did their best to stay socially distanced, while waiting in line outside of the various stores at the outlets here in livermore in the blistering heat. the triple digit temperatures and unhealthy air quality were no match for shoppers looking to score for labor day deals and have a reason to get out of the house. >> like vegas heat. it's like 115. it just goes through your skin. i mean, it is very hot. >> it bothered me more in the house than it does out here right now. >> reporter: the scene could not have been more different, where the heat kept customers and businesses away and forced some businesses to close earlier in the day. here at the outlets, one was surprised how many people showed up and waited in lines.

these outlets are open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. this labor day weekend, they're advertising deals and sales up to 70%. it's no wonder why some people couldn't say no. live in livermoore. a threat of rolling blackouts. cal iso, monitoring the situation all night. a flex alert remains in effect at this hour. you're encouraged not to use appliances and set your a.c. to 78 degrees. this evening, so far, so good. no rolling outages have been ordered. the use peaked around 5:00 p.m. today. a live look outside. a view of the bay bridge, a visible reminder that on top of plex flex alerts, we're dealing with an extended save the air alert. we could deal with power shutoffs this week. the goal is to keep pg&e

equipment from starting a fire. the power shutoffs are different from rolling blackouts that are possible tonight. the first possible power shutouts, tomorrow night. 17 counties are on a watch list. two are in the bay area, sonoma and napa. others could be added as the week rolls in. more than 100,000 customers could be affected in the portions of the 17 counties on the list. we will follow the creek fire burning north of fresno. it remains a serious situation there. this video is time lapse video of the smoke moving into the meadow lakes area. the fire is burning south of yosemite in an area popular with labor day campers. part of yosemite is now under evacuation warnings. look at this incredible video from the creek fire. it is a devastating scene out there.

flames about everywhere you look. the creek fire has burned through 45,000 acres. evacuation orders are in effect for several communities, including shaver lake, a popular getaway location for many. how harrowing was it to drive through fire to safety? this video from berkeley man gives you a sense there. matt freels is one of thousands who traveled there for labor day weekend. it was cut short when the fire spread quickly. he recorded this as he tried to get out yesterday. at one point, the fire and the smoke was too intense and he had to turn around. he is home safe tonight. in that same mammoth reservoir area, a remarkable rescue played out overnight. you can see it in a photo we're about to show you. the national guard flew in helicopters, bringing more than 200 people to safety. it had to feel so good to be onboard after what they went through. this is the scene inside the

helicopter. the flame s trapped campers at the mammoth pool shelter. some were told to get in the water and wait for help. >> crowded people around the lake as we could. people were hopping out of the trucks and r.v.s to get into the water to stay cool. the last structure coming in, some trucks were loaded with 20 people in the truck bed. the heat was starting to pick up. embers were being blown in by the wind. >> the air guard lifted everyone to fresno because there were serious injuries. 63 people of the 200 people air-lifted were taken to the hospital. here in the bay area, firefighters continue to make progress on several wildfires burning tonight. the lnu complex is 91% contained. all evacuation warnings for napa county are lifted. containment on the scu complex is 92%. that's santa clara county.

crews gained ground on the czu complex, that is 72% contained. and the woodward fire is up to 95% containment. >> up-to-the-minute weather alerts about the heat and the smoke to the phone. a late-night beach party in the middle of the pandemic, complete with deejays and bonfires is drawing criticism from the mayor of san francisco. people near ocean beach have been complaining about the crowds for months. now, they hope there will be action. we go to sergio quintana with the details. >> reporter: this party was billed as an unsanctioned burning man celebration. and from the looks of it on social media video, the party basically started around sunset yesterday. then stretched into the nig mayd

was not happy about that party. social media reveals a party that is almost prepandemic. a lot of people are dancing and only a few face coverings on revelers. this was the week of burning man that was scrubbed this year because of the coronavirus. mayor london breed called out the partiers on saturday night. last night, 1,000 people crowded on ocean beach to celebrate burning man. this was reckless and selfish. you're not celebrating. you're putting people's lives at risk. you're putting progress at risk. no one is immune from spreading the virus. san francisco has been making progress, getting off of the covid watchlist the last couple months. some residents are complaining about what they say is a lack of enforcement of covid rules on san francisco beaches for months. mary mcnamara says she has been telling city hall about crowds here since memorial day. >> they knew something like this was going to happen.

they knew it. there's been no communication. they're ignoring the problem. so, this is what we ended up with last night. >> reporter: mayor breed is warning anyone considering a second party to reconsider. beach parking lots have been closed. and police and other law enforcement will be patrolling. with triple-digit temperatures across the state, the beaches have been packed here all day. resident mary mcnamara, there is a side effect of closing the parking lots along the beach. it pushes the crowds into the neighborhoods, trying to find parking, as they try to go to the beach. we've been seeing that throughout the day. reporting live at ocean peach, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. a look at the covid-19 numbers in the bay area. five counties reported new positive tests, the most being in santa clara county, that had 190 new cases.

so l saolano county didn't report. the positively rate continues to fall. the number of californians testing positive for covid-19. it is at 4.5%. that's lower than 4.8% we had yesterday. this is the lowest it's been since june. during the height of the pandemic, our positively rate hovered around 7%. govern newsome says it was important to keep it as low as possible. an indoor church service at a south bay church that's been hit with fines for weeks. this video is showing that parishioners are arriving for this morning's service, at north valley baptist church in santa clara. posted on the front doors, fine notices from the health department. this is video from the service. north valley baptist faces $52,000 in fine for holding services indoors, which violates

santa clara's health orders, aimed at reducing covid-19 exposure. the pastor proclaims all other precautions are being followed. not everyone is wearing a mask or maintaining social distance. we asked the county if it fined the church again today. we're waiting to hear back. we told you about the intense rescue near fresno. we'll show you what helicopter pilots saw as they landed to help. we showed you san francisco beaches. what about crowding concerns at half moon bay? we'll take you there. it's the heat. it's the bad air quality. unfortunately, increasing fire danger with a red flag warning around the corner. we'll talk about that and when cooler weather makes a comeback in our forecast in a couple minutes.

back to our coverage of the creek fire, this is the one burning in fresno county. this is a photo from a cockpit of a national guard helicopter,

helping people near the mammoth pool area. you can see the orange glow dead ahead, as flames are all around. national guard helicopters evacuated more than 200 people from that area. they've been cut off from flames and had no other way out. we continue to track the el dorado fire near san bernadino. it's grown in size, scorching 7,000 acres. the flames started yesterday, forcing evacuations. that fire is 5% contained. 5,000 acres have burned in san diego county. the valley fire is burning 15 to 20 miles east of el cajon. firefighters say the flames are burning at a critical and dangerous rate of speed. so far, ten structures have been destroyed. small earthquake s jolted e east bay this morning. the quake struck on the western

edge of the regional park. back to our coverage of record-breaking heat. many beaches are closed this weekend. the effort to cut down on the spread of covid-19. we've been reporting, there's a big exception in san mateo county. half moon bay. beachgoers were doing what they could to stay cool. coming to the coast from quite a distance. >> where are you guys from? >> elk grove, sacramento. >> holy cow. >> we're down here. >> considering where we would be at, it would be 102, this is perfect. >> where would that be? >> sonoma county. >> half moon bay's previous record this day, was 80 degrees in 2004. as of 2:00, the high there 88.

>> triple digit and the poor ai quality. it doesn't sound like there's going to be a break from any of this anytime soon. >> we're in day two of a three-day heat event in the bay area. it's remarkable how our microclimate has disappeared. a ten-degree difference from 100 in san francisco to close to 110 around dublin and pleasanton. let's show you the temperatures outside. it's 87 degrees in san francisco right now. wind out of the west at 16. that's not a cool breeze. we don't have the fog and the marine layer that we see in the evening. in walnut creek, 96. no wind there. and in san francisco, 90 degrees, high earlier was 105.

so, as we look at the air quality, this is an issue. you no doubt notice, the high pressure strengthens over the lie region. we saw some fire activity picking up towards our south. we got a transport in around big sur. and a few more from the north, as well, funneling into the bay. right now, the worst the air quality is into concord and livermore and san jose, with the winds light, chances are, we'll see the numbers run a little higher again around san francisco and oakland early in the day. when your days start off in the mid-70s, it will be a hot afternoon. that's as cool as the temperatures will get around the east bay tomorrow. and for areas away from the bay, it looks as hot tomorrow. 100 degrees from san jose towards morgan hill. san martin, will get close to 110 degrees. livermore, the numbers above average. bayside locations into fremont, into the 90s. similar around redwood city and

palo alto. the two places to watch, half moon bay and san francisco. we'll see upper 80s in san francisco by 11:00 in the morning. we're planning on a hint of a sea breeze before it climbs higher than 90 degrees. we'll be watching that tomorrow. north bay, you don't see relief of the highs in the mid-90s to above 100 degrees. for tuesday, we'll get some cooling, with the wind picking up. that's the red flag warning for the north bay. notice by tuesday morning, the wind speeds in the higher hills of the north bay. but so will humidity levels. that will be the concern of tuesday to wednesday. you're not seeing a lot of red or ridges of high pressure, that sets the stage to a cooling

trend for the second half of the week. san francisco, finally dropping closer to average by next weekend, after more record temperatures in the valleys. i think it will be another couple of days. tomorrow, the hottest day of the week. with the dry winds, we'll watch across the hills, tuesday and wednesday. by next weekend, upper 80s and low 90s will be the new 70s. that's as cool as it will get. >> big drop in temperatures. we'll have to wait for the second half of the week to enjoy the cooler benefits. >> thanks, rob. we'll take it. we'll take what we can get. coming up, a squacare in th air. what temperatures saw on this plane that forced the pilot to make an emergency landing.

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the virus. >> people's willingness to comply with the things we know will reduce spread, will start to fray in the fall and the winter. >> reporter: the death toll is reaching 190,000 people. >> i think that. >> i think we learned before the pandemic that we can't trusts what comes out of donald trump's mouth. >> reporter: he denigrated troops that died in war, calling them suckers and losers. white house officials defended the president. >> this president supports the military in an unbelievable way. he has created more funding for the military. >> reporter: on twitter, the president fired back, saying the democrats, together with the corrupt fake news media, have launched a disinformation campaign. the president has called for the firing of the fox news reporter.

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. keep counting. that was the order from a federal judge of the u.s. census bureau this weekend. a judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the consensus bureau. a coalition got together to demand that order, to give census workers until the end of october to finish their work. the work was supposed to end in september. concern is that the new timeline could force workers to overlook communities. at stake, a lot. $1.5 trillion in funding and congressional seats based on population. another hearing is set for september 17th. last night, the 100th-straight night of protests in portland. like many demonstrations, things are peaceful until late in even thing. that's when some protesters allegedly threw molotov cocktails and other things at officers. they then moved in and deployed

teargas and arresting people. the clash came after hundreds of people gathered to honor a conservative activist killed in portland last weekend. the memorial for aaron j. danielson was held at a park in vancouver, washington, just across the columbia river from portland. danielson was shot during dueling protests. the suspected gunman was killed in a shoot-out with police. the mayor and police chief of rochester, new york, will not step down. the protest over the death of daniel prude. prude lost consciousness after police placed a spit hood over his head earlier this year. at a news conference, the mayor defended the police chief but said the crisis intervention department and its budget will be taken from the police department. the chief says he recognizes the need for reform in his department. positive news in new york involving the coronavirus. covid-19 hospitalizations have

dropped to the lowest they've been, since march 16th. more positive signs. less than 1% of tests conducted yesterday, came back positive. despite the good news, andrew cuomo cautioned that people be smart throughout the holiday weekend to help prevent a spike. we're less than two months away from the november election. will the postal service be able to handle a surge in mail-in ballots. we decided to put the post office to the test. here's investigator stephen stock with what we found. >> reporter: with all of the focus on vote by mail this election season, we teamed with nbc and telemundo stations around the country, 12 stations in all, sending more than 100 letters to test and see if the u.s. postal service really delivered. from our houses and offices, to locations across the country,

our nbc and telemundo investigative teams sent 155 letters to 23 different cities, all on friday, august 14th. i filled out, handwrote and mailed four different letters to staff at nbc bay area. i also mailed another four of the exact same letters to my colleagues at nbc 4 in los angeles. then, i sent another four letters to the homes of investigative colleagues around miami, dallas, chicago and washington, d.c. dropping all of the letters in the mail in san jose and then i waited. we did this to simulate the delivery of november ballots sent through the mail, all because some critics of vote-by-mail, led by president trump, have claimed publicly many times, they don't believe the u.s. postal service can handle tens of millions of expected ballots. while many democrats accused

trump's new postmaster general to slow the mail to affect the election. >> transportation runs have slowed down the mail. >> reporter: mark diamondsteen is the president of the postal workers union in washington, d.c. he says the removal of 670 sorting machines nationwide and reduction in overtime hours, has meant a drop-off in delivery service. >> if the mail is there to be worked and you arbitrarily reduce hours, the mail doesn't get worked. the taking out of some of the sorting machines we think is ill-timed because covid has affected mail. >> reporter: our tests found that so far, those issues did not seem to seriously impact delivery of our mail at all. the post office advertises that first class mail should arrive in one to three business days. that's true in all but a few cases. every letter we sent in the bay area arrived within two business

days. from here to l.a., the average delivery time was over three days. one letter took five days to arrive. in the other 20 cities, the average time was 2 1/2 days. the 155 letters we sent, only two mailed across state lines, 1%, never made it. that would affect absentee ballots for residents living out of state. one letter was initially delivered to the wrong address, but that was corrected. does that surprise you? he is president of the 193 branch of the national letter carriers serving all of santa clara county. >> the infrastructure is in place, where we can get mail from the east coast to the west coast. >> vote by mail is a safe and secure election. >> reporter: jim oversea overse elections in san mateo county. this is the fifth election to

use vote by mail. got them two or three days. at the most, five days. surprise you? >> no surprises whatsoever. we've been meeting with the u.s. postal service representatives already for a couple of months in preparation for this election. >> reporter: you would acknowledge, the country is watching, are they not? >> the country is watching but i think that everybody needs to feel safe and secure in this process. this is not our first rodeo. it's not the united states postal service's first rodeo. >> reporter: can the mail carriers deliver? can the post office deliver the 100 million or more mail-in ballots? are you up to the task? >> yes. the carriers rise to the challenge. >> reporter: in direct response to this investigation, the u.s. postal service sent us a statement acknowledging there's been a drop-off in service recently nationwide. they also pointed us to the recent congressional testimony of u.s. postmaster general louis dejoy, who defends recent

cutbacks at the postal service, while insisting the post office will step up and will meet the demand this election season. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips. or you can visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. let's step outside and get some -- not cool air. but maybe warm air or clean air. that's the golden gate bridge. it was hot in san francisco today. several records broken around the bay area. let's get out to rob mayeda right now. rob? >> the records are amazing. we were at the 100-degree mark from san francisco over towards the trivalley. one giant desert microclimate planted in the bay area over the weekend. the temperatures, as much as 22 to 28 degrees above average. san francisco, 100 degrees. 110 in napancd.

and liver more. all locations running 30 degrees hotter than average. day three of this is tomorrow. it should expire by 9:00 tomorrow night, as our attention begins to shift, unfortunately, to north winds, which will lead us into a red flag warning issue for the hill tops. that will be our concern tomorrow night into wednesday morning. watching for the temperatures cooling down. yet, the wind direction out of the north will be a problem, in terms of increasing fire danger and decreasing humidity across the hill tops. the heat is starting to throttle down. fire danger is an issue toward wednesday. >> a couple quick questions. people expect cooling when the sun goes down. it was 100 degrees in livermore. what's keeping it in? justi >> i guess it was 111 earlier. it cooled 11 degrees.

we got warm air aloft. usually what happens, it triggers the sea breeze that rushes in and cools things down. outside right now, as we have the clear skies, we have 87 degrees in san francisco. inland, the numbers in the mid to upper 90s. what will likely happen, as even by 11:00 tonight, we'll see temperatures outside hotter or warmer than our average high temperatures. there's a chance inland we may be 90 degrees in a few areas approaching midnight tonight. >> not just heat for the bay area. we have smoke coming in. where is it coming from? is that from the fresno fire or the north or the south? >> the upper creek fire. that's transferring that to the inland portions of northern california. we have ongoing fires from big sur a few more coming down the coast. the same ridge of high pressure that gave us the hot temperatures, the sinking warm air aloft, acts like a ceiling. it lowers over the bay area.

it prevents the wind to disperse the smoke. in the absence of the sea breeze, that smoke settled in and has nowhere to go. we're lined from the mountains on the east and the south. once that trickles in the bay and the high pressure drops from above, we have air quality issues. made worse from so many wildfires burning nearby. >> you teach at cal state east bay. i want to thank you for allowing us to have a similar with you this evening. still ahead, a new rush to leave metropolitan cities. why so many people are trying to make the move to the suburbs. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones.

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everyone was stuck in their small homes, walls closed in fast. what was life like in your house at the height of the pandemic, with homeschooling and remote work? >> it was chaos in the house. >> reporter: with three children growing more restless day-by-day. >> they start to havage sie agn. i want to play. i don't understand. >> reporter: this couple decided it was time to move their family out of new york city, to the long island suburbs. eventually, finding this house, adding a half-hour to the commute but lots more space. is it fair to say that you guys weren't the only ones with this idea? >> sure. >> it was not the buyers' market. everybody was fighting for the houses here. >> >> reporter: the suburbs near new york are booming.

people are leaving san francisco, too. there's more than double the properties on the market in the city now, compared to last year. >> there's no question, people are definitely moving to other areas outside the city, or they're at least buying second homes. parts of the east bay, very, very competitive. napa valley, very competitive. tahoe is having one of the hottest markets they've had in a decade. >> reporter: now, the trend appears limited to a handful of big, expensive cities. >> we looked at a slew of housing data, comparing urban and data market, the stories from the cities is overblown. >> reporter: moving is costly, reserved for those with the means. upgrading to more space in the suburbs isn't an option, especially renters that are only scraping by. this family says they feel blessed they were able to get their family out. >> we don't feel like this is new york. i feel like we're in another

state. it's beautiful. >> reporter: nothing like a backyard and a sigh of relief. stephanie gosk, nbc news, long island, new york. good news from cal iso. they tweeted four minutes ago, an update here, saying no power outages on the high-voltage electricity system tonight. if you're somebody that is experiencie ining an outage, ca is suggesting that you check with your utility company. they are thanking californians from following orders and protecting the grid. coming up, a story that will make the bay area proud. he the paying back a promise made decades ago. how one act of kindness led to a global campaign to help the area. we're expecting another day of record-breaking heat around the bay area before cooler temperatures arrive. increasing fire danger. we'll talk about that in the forecast.

it is no question, several aspects of our lives from been turned upside-down because of the pandemic, even global charities. garvin thomas has one man's charity that has the world sending help here to the bay area. justice. >> i'll show you what the finished classroom looks like. >> reporter: robert freeman has improved the lives of thousands around the world. >> that's what the old classroom looks like. that's the new one. >> reporter: the legacy of someone, who decades ago, improved his life. >> when i was a teenager, junior year in high school. parents divorced. father said, you live with her. and i ended up falling through the cracks. >> reporter: when robert showed up to school disheveled and his grades began to drop, it was his chemistry teacher that put two and two together. she figured it out and said,

you're going to sleep on my couch. and i still get choked up about that. >> reporter: robert promised her when he made it, he would repay the kindness. >> we have a lot to go over. >> reporter: he did just that in 2000, leaving his job as a tech executive, to become a high school teacher himself. but robert's giving back was just getting started. with his students, he started one dollar for life. asking young people to donate a single dollar each and turning it, with his business savvy, into amazing results. >> we have completed 142 small-scale infrastructure projects in the developing world. classrooms, medical clinics, computer labs, libraries. robert recently rebranded the global uplift project, asking now for what anyone can spare. pocket change, he calls it.

>> whatever the amount, you're not going to miss. but knowing it's combined with hundreds of others, creates a tremendous impact in a developing world. >> and now, impact not just in the developing world. when the coronavirus pandemic hit, sewing centers he helped build in kenya and nepal, that no normally made kits of sanitary supplies, switched to sewing masks. >> these are the countries that we're importing. >> reporter: thousands of them were sent to the united states, to help the neediest here, like the homeless. what it taught me is that generosity isn't only money. it's of the heart. >> reporter: it teaches the rest of us that a single act of kindness can sometimes travel the world and return home to do even more good. garvin thomas, nbc bay area

news. let's check in, top story of the night. been with us all day. all day tomorrow, as well. rob mayeda, it is hot everywhere. >> yeah. and temperatures are really just very slowly cooling off right now. take you out to san francisco. this is usually the first sign of when you might expect some cooler air to come in, after a high of 100 degrees earlier. still 87 degrees outside. that even with the wind out of the west at 16 miles per hour. it's like having a broken air conditioning unit. you have the fan going but none of the coolant. the clouds are not backing up the wind direction. a little relief. it's not going to cool down that much. 70s for lows around the bay area. look at walnut creek. 96 degrees. you think you're in arizona when you see the temperatures. you can see san jose at 90 degrees, after a high of 105. not much help from any breeze outside. that leads us to the air quality issue we're going to see

tomorrow. a strong high pressure, acting a bit like a lid on top of the bay area. that will allow the wildfire smoke that has settled in to linger for another day. another spare the air day tomorrow. the worst of the air quality has moved inland around the inland east bay, trivalley and close to san jose. let's look at the temperature trend tomorrow. it will get warm by noon. in fact, probably by lunchtime, we're breaking records again. the temperatures 100 degrees inland. look at san francisco and half moon bay. specifically the temperatures, close to it tomorrow. as we head towards midafternoon, you see the temperatures come down that might be the scene of a weak sea breeze. but look at the white and the pink inland. those core respond to 110 degree temperatures inland. so, another day will be breaking records. so, the excessive heat warning expires this time tomorrow

night. as we head into monday night through wednesday morning, the attention shifts to dry north winds. we may not see a lot in the valleys. the hill tops is what we look out for. look what it will do to humidity levels. going below 20% or 10%, bone-dry conditions, where the wind speeds will pick up. if you're in lake county, napa county, near yellow county, the diablo range, near highway 17, those are locations the winds will pick up. notice the gusts around san jose. the valley is not going to get a lot of the wind. it's across the mountain tops. once we pass wednesday, i have good news. don't have to talk about fire danger. we're going to see the sea breeze pick up. that will have the air marine support to drop the temperatures down, as we head toward next weekend. fire danger is a concern, as we head in the middle part of the week. tomorrow, the hottest day, the next seven days. for the valleys, it will take time for the temperatures to drop off. i think you notice the drop, as

the fog we hope sweeps back in for thursday and friday morning. that allows the temperatures to cool down. considering we're at a 90 degrees in temperatures. that's relief coming toward the weekend. we'll see the return of fog in the coast, we hope. many more records are likely to fall. back to you. the san francisco giants have a shot at the playoffs this year. crazy. >> yes, they do. this is my son, michael. can you read the first line, please? >> okay. the giants -- oracle park. >> at oracle park. >> how many home runs they hit to power their way past the diamondbacks.

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welcome back. i'm anthony flores. the giants are just one game under .500, after back-to-back wins against the arizona diamondbacks. today, game three of a four-game set, against the diamondbacks at oracle park. top five, johnny cueto with the bases loaded. no problem. he gets david peralta to get out of a jam. the go ahead two-run homer, one of three home runs for the giants in the game. the giants beat the diamondbacks 4-2. >> did you notice that alex ha balls. he throws the ball at the cardboard cutout. when you're winning, you can have a little fun. >> not very happy to chase those

down. we don't think that fall guys are essential workers. i wasn't very loose. i was taking that time to pick out cardboard cutouts to see if i could knock the heads off of them to get my arm loose. >> if they can hit them, do they get a ball? the a's and padres, rubber match. it's a one-run game in the seventh. not anymore. fernando tatis jr., with his 15th league-leading ho ining hoe year. shawn murphy had a. but the padres beat the a's, t season one week from today. i don't know about you, but i'm ready for nfl football. the team signed 16 players to the practice squad today. the big off-season losses to forest bruckner on service adef offense, sanders and joe staley. but they had jimmy g. and george

kittl kittles. all eyes will be on the 49ers. >> we have a different team this year. there's different players, different coaches. the people that are the same, you're worse or better. and we got to work hard to be better than we were. if we're not, it will show. the 49ers kick off the nfl season next sunday against the arizona cardinals. nba playoffs, in the orlando bubble. milwaukee trying to fend off the sweep by miami. this is not good. giannis antetokounmpo goes down with an ankle injury in the secondkhris middleton knocks do mu jumper. then, he puts the game on ice with the three-ball. he had 36. milwaukee survived, 118-115. the did you see this?

>> oh. that's a line judge calling out after being hit with a ball. he was disqualified for the tournament. he was 26-0 on the season. that's a look at sports. now, back to you in the studio. >> i think that is going to cost him a couple bucks. >> that was not good. >> it wasn't as hard as he could hit it. not defending it. it could have been worse. >> i'm not a sports expert. i know that's not part of the game. >> not part of the game. experience the ultimate sports hub.

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